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4.4
1973 Reviews (1973)
5 Stars
1006
4 Stars
722
3 Stars
161
2 Stars
56
1 Stars
28
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
92.8%
Recommend this course
1798 out of 1973 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.3
42 Reviews (42)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.1
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
81.0%
Recommend this course
34 out of 42 reviews
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4.4
146 Reviews (146)
5 Stars
84
4 Stars
48
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
93.2%
Recommend this course
136 out of 146 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Desert
Par 72
Length 7139 yards
Slope 137
Rating 73.0

Golf Club of Estrella is the very first golf course on a daily-fee basis to be designed by Jack Nicklaus II in Phoenix, where it makes its home in the master-planned community Estrella, and offers 18 holes of par-72 championship golf over 7,102 unique yards. The many tests of the golf course will impress every level of golfer - though a choice of tee sets ensures no one will get in over his or her head. Desert and wash spaces require golfers to vary their shots while they take in vistas from the fairways shaped to the contour of the land and framed in the Sierra Estrella Mountains.

A round of golf at the Golf Club Estrella kicks off on Morning Star, a par 4 that measures 359 yards from the black tees. If you stick to the black tees, you'll need to conserve your energy for The Arroyo, the 16th hole, a par 5 that measures 605 yards. After that, Evening Star, the 18th hole, will be a relative breeze, at par 4 and just 437 yards from the black teees.

Once the round of golf at the Golf Club of Estrella is over, head back to the Player's Grill Restaurant for American pub fare and Southwestern snacks.

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Course Details

Year Built 1999
Fairways TiffDwarf Grass
Greens TiffDwarf Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Nicklaus, Jr. (1999) Phil Smith (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, Discover, MasterCard, American Express
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.4
1973 Reviews (1973)

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Reviews 39
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Plays Once a week
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5.0
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First Time Playing

Awesome

Perfect round of golf. Staff was friendly and accommodating. Played with a couple of the local residents. Great people. Worth the drive. Will definitely be back again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 7
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Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Reviews 9
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 39
Handicap 15-19
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Handicap 5-9
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Plays A few times a week
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5.0
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Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Reviews 10
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 214
Handicap 15-19
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5.0
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Previously Played

Great Course

Everything is pretty good. No issues or problems. I strongly think you should play here.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing

Bad customer service

Our tee time was 830. We started on time. In the middle of the course we rushed by one of their employees, when there was nobody waiting behind us to tee off. I literally got into a screaming match with this employee over him rushing us to pmay faster when no one was behind us waiting and we had people ahead of us. So very unprofessional and rude. Apparently he does this offen according to the beer cart kid.. Will never go back and dont recommend anyone else to go..

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 214
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

Great day

Very interesting course. Lots of bunkers

Great views, great service in grille.

Ruff is to tall needs cut backI would like to play again.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Smooth greens and in great shape

Played at our leisure. Greens very smooth, especially for this time of year. Fairways and greens in great shape. Excellent course with tremendous value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course is a very good test of golf. Due to the extra rain, the rough is very thick. Unfortunately it seems that a few of the greens are having a hard time surviving the heat. Still no rakes in the traps? Sand In traps needs to be softened up.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Golf cart failure do to Governor!

Staff would not let us use 2 golf carts for twosome playing in heat above 100. No other tee times after ours and the cart they gave us did not work properly. We asked outside staff to change cart he said we had the best one. Then he went on to blame the Governor for the bad carts instead of finding us one that worked properly.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Slow, Slow, Slow Pace of Play - Miserable!!!!!!!!!

We played on Saturday (7/31) and it took over 5 hours to finish the round. From the 5th hole, there were always 2 groups waiting on the tee box. Sometimes there were 3 groups on the tee. We saw the Marshall several times on the back nine; however, he said he couldn't do anything about it. Usually, they have 80 golfers per day; however, there were 165 golfers. The reduced the green fees so there were too many golfers. They should not have overbooked the course. The other groups that were waiting on the tee box with us were angry too. It was one of the most miserable days of golf I have ever had in my 45 years of playing golf.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of Play

What’s interesting is that the starter spaces us all out on hole 1 then on hole 2 we’re bunched up with three groups on the hole. It’s slow from that point on. Marshall, with his AirPods, didn’t manage pace of play at all. Never saw him on the back nine.. For me, pace is important and if the group in front of us didn’t take the corner, we would have been 5 hours.

Great course, great price, nice Troon experience, friendly staff.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
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